Popular social networking sites like Twitter have a character limit for user posts. Due to the popularity of Twitter, domains like TinyURL and Is.Gd -- sites that abbreviate URLs -- began to pop up. Some URLs, or Web addresses, can take up to one-third of the character limit, leaving little room left to comment on the link itself. If you want to link a URL on Twitter or another site with an enforced character limit, you can use TinyURL or Is.Gd to create an abbreviated URL.

Go to the website you want to link to. Click the address bar to highlight the URL.

Press "Ctrl" and "C" to copy the text. Go to TinyURL or Is.Gd. Press "Ctrl" and "P" to paste the URL into the field.

Click "Make TinyURL!" or "Shorten!" to abbreviate the URL. Highlight the shortened URL, then press "Ctrl" and "C," to copy it to the clipboard.

About the Author

Ruri Ranbe has been working as a writer since 2008. She received an A.A. in English literature from Valencia College and is completing a B.S. in computer science at the University of Central Florida. Ranbe also has more than six years of professional information-technology experience, specializing in computer architecture, operating systems, networking, server administration, virtualization and Web design.